For me the point of the story is simply that it matters what people think. I just heard this individual on CTV saying,"I am not racist or anything."
We don't know who the anti-racist message reaches, until a moment like this.
If, in the small town of Emerson, there were more racists and fewer anti-racists, we could be reading very different news stories.
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Emerson Hotel worker says dozens of refugees have crossed border since November
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/emerson-refugees-1.3962672